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Rontgen

NOUN
  1. German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923)

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  • German physicist Willhelm Conrad Röntgen, who discovered X-rays in the late 19th century, published a paper proposing that liquid water comprised two different structures — one tetrahedral “ice-like” structure, and another more loosely arranged structure, which helped explain why water behaves in such unusual ways. More Evidence for a Revolutionary Theory of Water « Isegoria
  • Like all other scientists the professor from Würzburg University in Franconia always sought recognition from his peers, but Röntgen rarely appeared at scientific conferences or wrote papers, let alone promoted his research findings outside of his field. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1901 - Perspectives
  • In 1895, while experimenting with electric current flow in a partially evacuated glass tube (cathode-ray tube), Röntgen observed that a nearby piece of barium platinocyanide gave off light when the tube was in operation. Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad
  • Röntgen stumbled on X-rays by observing that when he operated a Crooke’s tube essentially a cathode-ray tube, a cardboard screen coated with barium platinocyanide several feet away subtly glowed. The Nature of Technology
  • Rontgen went on to try to find out more about these strange invisible rays.
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